{"id":17619,"date":"2026-02-24T17:10:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/allocation-update-q3-2024\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T17:10:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:10:34","slug":"allocation-update-q3-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/allocation-update-q3-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Allocation Update &#8211; Q3 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/ethereum-hackmd\/upload_fd63dc334e72e1c2885cb7969adc1faf.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Blockchain Summer Bootcamp<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/africablockchain.institute\/\">Africa Blockchain Institute<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Bootcamp introducing teenagers to blockchain through hands-on learning, workshops, and collaborative projects organized in Cotonou, Benin and taught in French.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.ethereum.org\/en\/2024\/12\/03\/mailto:info@africablockchain.institute\">Email<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/blockhack-kba.devfolio.co\/\">BlockHack<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/kba.ai\/\">Kerala Blockchain Academy<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Hackathon hosted in Trivandrum, India with tracks focused on Ethereum onboarding and inclusion, blockchain for Sustainable Development Goals, and building dapps on Ethereum and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/ethereum.org\/en\/layer-2\/\">layer 2s<\/a> (L2).<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Building Builders<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/web3clubs.xyz\/\">Web3Clubs<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">3-month Solidity program and in-person Solidity bootcamps organized in Nairobi, Kenya.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Crecimiento Activities<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/seedorg.super.site\/home\">SEED Org<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Supporting SEED Org&#8217;s Ethereum-focused activities at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aleph.crecimiento.build\/\">Crecimiento<\/a> pop-up city in Buenos Aires, Argentina.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eeaday.org\/\">EEA Industry Day<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/entethalliance.org\/\">Enterprise Ethereum Alliance<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Conference exploring how Ethereum is powering enterprises globally, hosted in Bangkok, Thailand.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ERC55_\">ERC55<\/a> Community Meetups<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Developer-focused meetups organized both online and in-person in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, focusing on the latest technical topics in Ethereum.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Ethereum for Everyone: Learn &amp; Build<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/blahkheart\">Danny Thomx<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">3-month free technical and non-technical Ethereum training program run in Rwanda.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dannithomx\">Twitter<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/ethereum-hungary\/\">Ethereum Hungary Meetups<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Monthly Ethereum meetups in Budapest, Hungary with technical talks, presentations, group discussions, and workshops.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/ethmexico.org\/\">Ethereum M\u00e9xico 2024<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Conference delving into topics such as smart contracts, zero knowledge (ZK), and public goods, hosted in M\u00e9rida, Mexico<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Ethereum &amp; Web3 Security Bootcamp<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/defihacklabs.io\/\">DeFiHackLabs<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Hybrid bootcamp delving into writing, debugging, testing, and auditing smart contracts organized in Taiwan.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/ethereum.cr\/events\/eth-pura-vida\">ETH Pura Vida<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/ethereum.cr\/\">Ethereum Costa Rica<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Conference and hackathon hosted in San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica that explores topics such as developer onboarding, cryptography, and real-world use cases.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/ethshanghai.org\/\">ETHShanghai<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Conference organized in Shanghai, China, discussing topics such as scaling solutions, privacy-preserving technologies, and on-chain security.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ethtaipei\">ETHTaipei<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community development and educational outreach in Taipei, Taiwan through regular meetups, educational blog posts, and engaging with academics.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/ethtaipei\">Telegram<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/fse.iacr.org\/2025\/\">Fast Software Encryption (FSE) Conference 2025<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Academic conference focusing on fast and secure primitives for symmetric cryptography that covers a broad range of practical and theoretical topics.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/lu.ma\/7dcteb21\">Home Staking Summit<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/stakesaurus.com\">Stakesaurus<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Summit in Singapore dedicated to Ethereum solo and home stakers, discussing topics such as staking tooling and infrastructure, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/ethereum.org\/en\/staking\/dvt\/#distributed-validator-technology\">distributed validator technology<\/a>, and the importance of home staking for the Ethereum network.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/invisible.garden\/\">Invisible Garden<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">6-week developer residency in Chiang Mai, Thailand focusing on Ethereum and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/ethereum.org\/en\/zero-knowledge-proofs\/#what-are-zk-proofs\">zero knowledge proofs<\/a> (ZKPs) through bootcamps, workshops, and office hour sessions.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/borderless.africa\/magma\">magma2<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/borderless.africa\/\">Borderless Africa<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Supporting the second cohort of magma, a 2-week residency organized in Kenya for African builders and founders comprising office hour sessions, peer-to-peer coordination, and workshops.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/0xpantarhei\/MEV-Shanghai\">MEV Shanghai<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/boiled-stream-58c.notion.site\/ETHconomics-Research-Space-Hub-880ec73dc0d343639bf0a5a7e1d2ab41\">Panta Rhei<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">MEV-focused event in Shanghai, China that combines a 7-day research house with 2 days of side events delving into <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/ethereum.org\/en\/developers\/docs\/mev\/\">MEV<\/a> supply chain and redistribution.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/titania-research-labs\/mev-tokyo\/tree\/main\">MEV TOKYO<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/titaniaresear.ch\/\">Titania Research<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Ethereum research house and event exploring issues such as MEV, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/ethereum.org\/en\/staking\/#what-is-staking\">staking<\/a>, and loss versus rebalancing (LVR), organized in Tokyo, Japan.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Onchain Builder Lab<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/educateth.com\/\">EducatETH<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">14-week online program taught in Spanish for developers to learn about blockchain and build on-chain <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/ethereum.org\/en\/dapps\/\">dapps<\/a> on Ethereum.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/lu.ma\/1rg8psb1\">ProgCrypto Camp<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Program in Tokyo, Japan with beginner workshops followed by more advanced sessions led by researchers and Ethereum developers in fields such as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/ethereum.org\/en\/zero-knowledge-proofs\/#what-are-zk-proofs\">ZKP<\/a>, fully homomorphic encryption (FHE), and multi-party computation (MPC).<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/esp.ethereum.foundation\/devcon-grants\">Road to Devcon Grants Round<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Grants round to support the growth of local Ethereum communities, initiatives, and projects in Southeast Asia.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Serbian and the Balkans Ecosystem Development<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JovicevicBogdan\">Bogdan Jovi\u0107evi\u0107<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Serbia and wider Balkan ecosystem development initiatives, focusing on university activities (e.g. fundamental research, blockchain student clubs, hackathons) and developer communities.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bogdan-jovicevic\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/0xpantarhei\/shen-zhen-researcher-house\">Shenzhen Researcher House<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/boiled-stream-58c.notion.site\/Panta-Rhei-Homepage-880ec73dc0d343639bf0a5a7e1d2ab41\">Panta Rhei<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Researcher house in Shenzhen, China revolving around ZK rollup economics, exploring research topics such as pre-confirmations, based rollups, and forced inclusion lists.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Technical Governance Working Group<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/daostar.org\/\">DAOstar<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Establishing a working group to research good practices and applicable controls for web3 projects, with the goal of enhancing the security and governance of technical assets.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/verifiablesummit.com\/\">Verifiable Summit<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/zkwarsaw.dev\/\">zkWarsaw<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Conference in Warsaw, Poland dedicated to applied cryptography, focusing on the trustless verifiability of data as a fuel of utility within the decentralized world.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.web3bridgeafrica.com\/\">Web3Bridge<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Support for Cohorts XI and XII of the Web3Bridge program, a 16-week hybrid course focused on training developers in Solidity and other web3 technologies.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/lu.ma\/w3pn-meetup-rome1\">Web3Privacy Now Meetup<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/web3privacy.info\/\">Web3Privacy Now<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Event hosted in Rome, Italy centered on digital ethics, public goods, and grassroots movements.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zkcity.xyz\/\">zkCity<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography and ZK bootcamp in Buenos Aires, Argentina covering topics such as cryptographic fundamentals, proof systems, and zkSNARKS through theoretical and practical sessions.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community &amp; education<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">ZKP Cryptography Course<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/matematickaakademija.com\/\">Mathematical Academy<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/ethereum.org\/en\/zero-knowledge-proofs\/#what-are-zk-proofs\">ZKP<\/a> cryptography course organized in Belgrade, Serbia delving into theoretical knowledge and practical exercises.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Consensus layer<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Ethereum Peer Scoring Research<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"http:\/\/liobaheimba.ch\/\">Lioba Heimbach<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/yannvonlanthen.com\/\">Yann Vonlanthen<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/luciannakiffer.com\/\">Lucianna Kiffer<\/a>, &amp; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/disco.ethz.ch\/members\/wroger\">Roger Wattenhofer<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Research to understand the drivers behind a node&#8217;s performance in the network in terms of peer score, and the effects this may have on the rewards earned at the consensus layer.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Consensus layer<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">GossipSub Analytics Towards PeerDAS<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/probelab.io\/\">ProbeLab<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Developing or extending the current set of tools to measure the performance of the network and the GossipSub protocol in the Ethereum network as it gears up to the PeerDAS transition. Using these tools to perform analysis to understand the p2p network and suggesting improvements such as IDONTWANT messages.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Consensus layer<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/grandinetech\/grandine\">Grandine<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Continued development of the Grandine consensus client written in Rust.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Consensus layer<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/lighthouse.sigmaprime.io\/\">Lighthouse<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/sigmaprime.io\/\">Sigma Prime<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Continued development of the Lighthouse consensus client.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Consensus layer<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/status-im\/nimbus-eth2\">Nimbus Consensus Layer Client<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/status-im\">Status<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Continued development of the Nimbus consensus layer client.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Consensus layer<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.notion.so\/efdn\/ROP-9-Multiplicity-gadgets-for-censorship-resistance-7def9d354f8a4ed5a0722f4eb04ca73b\">ROP-9.2: FOCIL Specs &amp; Implementation<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/jihoonsong\">Jihoon Song<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Contributing to the publication of the EIP, consensus and execution specs, and the implementation of the first prototype of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/ethresear.ch\/t\/fork-choice-enforced-inclusion-lists-focil-a-simple-committee-based-inclusion-list-proposal\/19870\">Fork-Choice enforced Inclusion Lists<\/a> (FOCIL).<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography &amp; zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Backend &amp; Development Support for Pollen Labs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/0x_sero\">Sero<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Backend development, TypeScript, and blockchain application building for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/iou-experiments\">IOU<\/a> and blockchain-powered eSIM. <em class=\"chakra-text css-0\">Please note that this project has since been sunset by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/pse.dev\/en\">PSE<\/a>, you may visit <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/pse-team.notion.site\/A-new-era-for-PSE-f4cde2e1a20d49ed92071a93ad8ba7df\">this page<\/a> for more information.<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">@0xsero on Discord<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography &amp; zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cursive-team\/ring.backpocket.me\">Backpocket<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/cursive.team\/\">Cursive<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Development of infrastructure and applications for making private queries across personal data to discover commonalities between participants, using MPC and FHE in collaboration with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/gauss.ing\/\">Gauss Labs<\/a>.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography &amp; zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bandada-infra\/bandada\">Bandada<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/waddaboo\">Han<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Development of Bandada, including integrating on-chain credentials, improving the credentials TypeScript package, and enhancing the user and developer experience.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography &amp; zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pnyda\/halo2-ccs-plus\">CCS+<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pnyda\">Tomoki Ono<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Implement an extension of the customizable constraint system (CCS) which supports lookup operations, focusing on halo2 style lookups.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography &amp; zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/circuitscan.org\">Circuitscan<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/numtel.github.io\/\">Ben Green<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Circuit verifier explorer that enables users to check that the deployed circuit source code matches the expected source code, and to interact with applications directly if the frontend becomes unusuable.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/circuitscan\">Telegram<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography &amp; zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/identity.foundation\/\">Decentralized Identity Foundation<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Supporting the Decentralized Identity Foundation in advancing ZK standardization efforts.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography &amp; zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/0x3327\/ecpdksap\">ECPDKSAP<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/3327.io\/\">3327<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Elliptic Curve Pairing Dual-Key Stealth Address Protocol (ECPDKSAP) designed to enhance transaction privacy on Ethereum by using advanced elliptic curve pairing techniques.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography &amp; zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/emailwallet.org\/\">Email Wallet<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Auditing for Email Wallet, an Ethereum smart contract wallet that can be controlled by sending emails.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography &amp; zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Fe Special Projects<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Continued development of a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ethereum\/fe\/tree\/fe-v2\/crates\/language-server\">language server implementation for Fe<\/a> and other projects under <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/fe-lang.org\/\">Fe<\/a>.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography &amp; zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/teddav\/halo2-starter\">Halo2 Starter<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/teddav\">teddav<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Write examples of halo2 circuits presenting soundness bugs to educate users on understanding halo2 circuit bugs.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography &amp; zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Implementing &amp; Accelerating Torus-Based Cryptography for SSLE<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mratsim\">Mamy Ratsimbazafy<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Implementing new primitives and accelerating Torus-based cryptography for Single Secret Leader Election, making the research more concrete, measurable, and practical.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography &amp; zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Learning Grant on Vector Oblivious Linear Evaluation<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/0xakk0r0kamui\">Hy Ngo<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Learning grant to study foundational and advanced Vector Oblivious Linear Evaluation (VOLE).<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography &amp; zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/plume-sig\/zk-nullifier-sig\/tree\/main\/rust-arkworks\">PLUME <span class=\"chakra-text css-ons8vw\">arkworks<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/skaunov\/\">Sergey Kaunov<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Bump the PLUME signature scheme <span class=\"chakra-text css-ons8vw\">arkworks<\/span> implementation dependency, develop internal module instead of deprecated dependency, improve the implementation, and publish the results.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography &amp; zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Porting Real-World ML Model(s) into ZK<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/only4sim\">Li@only4sim<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Integrating advanced machine learning (ML) models, specifically designed for predicting hourly rainfall distribution using polarimetric radar data, with blockchain oracles through <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/ethereum.org\/en\/zero-knowledge-proofs\/#what-are-zk-proofs\">ZKPs<\/a>.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography &amp; zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Porting ZK-Kit Circuits<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yash_bharti99\">Yash Bharti<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Porting circomlib circuits from Circom to Noir for integrating with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/zkkit.pse.dev\/\">ZK-Kit<\/a> circuit repo for Noir.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography &amp; zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/iden3\/rapidsnark\">Rapidsnark Mobile Prover<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/antonimarber?lang=en\">Antoni Martin<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Project providing a toolset to simplify development of ZK applications on mobile and make ZK on mobile a developer-friendly technology.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography &amp; zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/privacy-scaling-explorations\/acceleration-program\/issues\/51\">SNARK to Prove X Prime Numbers Exist Below Y<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/lognorman20\">Logan Norman<\/a> &amp; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Subhasish-Behera\">Subhasish Behera<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Producing a SNARK using IVC to prove that X prime numbers exist below a threshold Y.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography &amp; zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/privacy-scaling-explorations\/sonobe\">Sonobe<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/winderica\">winderica<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Implement ProtoGalaxy modules for Sonobe, a modular library to fold arithmetic circuit instances in an incremental verifiable computation (IVC) style.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography &amp; zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Yoii-Inc\/zk-mpc\">zk-mpc<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Yoii-Inc\">Yoii Inc.<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Use <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/ethereum.org\/en\/zero-knowledge-proofs\/#what-are-zk-proofs\">ZKPs<\/a> to extend the SPDZ MPC protocol, enabling third-party verification of the constraints on secret input values and the correctness of output values.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Cryptography &amp; zero knowledge proofs<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community Link Connectivity Specialist<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/javieraubert\">Javier Aubert<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Connectivity specialist for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Community-Link\">Community Link<\/a>, who provided hardware recommendations, supported the execution of trial runs, and refined the system by analyzing data from the trial runs. <em class=\"chakra-text css-0\">Please note that this project has since been sunset by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/pse.dev\/en\">PSE<\/a>, you may visit <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/pse-team.notion.site\/A-new-era-for-PSE-f4cde2e1a20d49ed92071a93ad8ba7df\">this page<\/a> for more information.<\/em><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Developer experience &amp; tooling<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openzeppelin.com\/solidity-contracts\">Account Abstraction Contracts<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openzeppelin.com\/\">OpenZeppelin<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Developing modular implementations of key ERC-4337 contracts and focusing on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/ethereum.org\/en\/roadmap\/account-abstraction\/#account-abstraction\">account abstraction<\/a> solutions by creating secure, open-source libraries for new signature schemes and cryptographic primitives, along with comprehensive developer tooling and documentation.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Developer experience &amp; tooling<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/buidlguidl.com\/\">BuidlGuidl<\/a> Nodes<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Community building and education effort to improve the geographic distribution of Ethereum nodes.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Developer experience &amp; tooling<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Commit-Boost\">Commit-Boost<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Open-source platform enabling Ethereum validators to securely execute MEV-Boost and other community-built commitment protocols.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Commit_Boost\">Twitter<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Developer experience &amp; tooling<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Decentralized Storage Backends for OCI Registry<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Aata Hokoridani, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alok-nerurkar-a4519355\/?originalSubdomain=in\">Alok Nerurkar<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/awmacpherson\">Andrew Macpherson<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/chrishobcroft\">Chris Hobcroft<\/a>, &amp; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/talentlessguy\">Pavel<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Research and create community educational materials on currently available decentralized storage backends in the context of usage in decentralized OCI registry.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Developer experience &amp; tooling<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/web3js.org\/\">Web3.js<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/chainsafe.io\/\">ChainSafe<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Continued development and maintenance of Web3.js, an extension platform for building decentralized peer-to-peer applications in TypeScript\/JavaScript to interact with Ethereum.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Execution layer<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Caplin SSF Benchmarking<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/erigon.tech\/\">Erigon<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Performance benchmarks and prototyping of SSF-related consensus layer changes in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/erigontech\/erigon?tab=readme-ov-file#caplin\">Caplin<\/a>.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Execution layer<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">EEST Fuzzer<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/shemnon\">Danno Ferrin<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Implementation of a code-block based fuzzer working with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ethereum\/execution-spec-tests\">Ethereum Execution Spec Tests<\/a>.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Execution layer<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ledgerwatch\/erigon\">Erigon<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Funding for Erigon&#8217;s continued work on the Ethereum mainnet, specifically their execution client development and applied R&amp;D on performance optimizations.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Execution layer<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/status-im\/nimbus-eth1\">Nimbus Execution Layer Client<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/status-im\">Status<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Continued development of the Nimbus execution layer client.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">General growth &amp; support<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.civicue.com\/\">CiviCue<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Civic technology platform experimenting with citizen participation and direct democracy through various voting mechanisms using blockchain technology.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">General research<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Formal Modelling &amp; Generic Fuzzer for Mempool Exploit Discovery<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/tristartom.github.io\/\">Yuzhe Tang<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Based on previous research output, develop formal methods and models with more automated fuzzer software tools to discover exploit patterns, synthesize attacks, and inform security efforts in the Ethereum mempool.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">General research<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1JBbGos6Bjdvd1LRGDvIijREic4l7Th2I\/view\">State of Web3 Grants Report 2024<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/metagov.org\/\">Metagov<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Research reviewing 13 grant programs and 5 tooling companies to analyze the trends, challenges, and opportunities within the ecosystem of web3 grants.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Layer 2<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Improvements to 2D Reed-Solomon Codes in DAS<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monash.edu\/engineering\/birenjithpadmakumarisasidharan\">Birenjith Sasidharan<\/a> &amp; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monash.edu\/engineering\/emanueleviterbo\">Emanule Viterbo<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Improving the 2D Reed-Solomon Codes in DAS via a new family of block circulant codes stitching together many copies of generalized Reed-Solomon code as its component codes.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Layer 2<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">L2s Forced Inclusion Mechanisms<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@twedusuck\">Nic Lin<\/a> &amp; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/antoncoding\">Anton Cheng<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Research on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/ethereum.org\/en\/layer-2\/\">L2s<\/a>&#8216; forced inclusion mechanisms and the development of a software development kit (SDK) that wallets can integrate to force include transactions of the user&#8217;s choice to improve censorship resistance.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Other<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/thedrcenter.org\/\">Decentralization Research Center<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Non-profit that advocates for decentralization as a fundamental characteristic of emerging technologies. This includes the development of blockchain protocols and applications that are immutable, censorship resistant, transparent, secure, and enable data self-sovereignty.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Other<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Signature Token (SigToken)<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gmu.edu\/\">George Mason University<\/a> &amp; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/en.sdu.edu.cn\/\">Shandong University<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Novel session protocol for decentralized web3 login, designed to be compatible with existing applications.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Protocol growth &amp; support<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/eth-protocol-fellows\/cohort-five\">Ethereum Protocol Fellowship (EPF): Cohort 5<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Stipends for cohort members of the EPF, a program designed to onboard developers to the process through which protocol development happens.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Protocol growth &amp; support<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">WiEP Internship<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Support for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wiepteam\">Women in Ethereum Protocol<\/a>&#8216;s growth and development activities (e.g. study groups, community calls, in-person events).<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<tr class=\"css-0\">\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\">Protocol growth &amp; support<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/esp.ethereum.foundation\/data-challenge-4844\">4844 Data Challenge<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/eips.ethereum.org\/EIPS\/eip-4844\">EIP-4844<\/a> data analysis and visualization blog post challenge.<\/td>\n<td class=\"css-3c0snn\"\/><\/tr>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ethereum.org\/en\/2024\/12\/03\/esp-allocation-q324\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community &amp; education Blockchain Summer Bootcamp Africa Blockchain Institute Bootcamp introducing teenagers to blockchain through hands-on learning, workshops, and collaborative projects organized in Cotonou, Benin and taught in French. 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